TechnoDM's PFS Core Campaign Season 2

Game Master Ira kroll

Ffortissimo stirs from his possessed state, his ape-like features fading to reveal the bard's natural form. He opens his eyes, only to find himself staring at Anima and a pair of animals fighting off some undead. An arrow whizzes above his prone form. "What in the Nine Hells is going on here?" He is about to get up and get fighting, but realizes that his skull is still ringing from the echo of a fierce blow. Any exertion would probably knock him unconscious again, so for now, he waits.

By the way, I totally did not give proper credit to the Dead Guys Bad joke!

Again, leaving things a bit open depending on what/how well people before me do. If the skeleton I'm targeting isn't around by my turn, please 5 foot me as a appropriate and consider this attack on the zombie.

Her first swing going completely wide, the paladin pivots quickly, bringing her blade back up towards the ancient creature's torso, silently praying for the Eternal Rose to guide her strike.

Sparing a glance at Ffortissimo, she responds "It's really quite a story. Glad to have you back, to your senses."

Power attack again
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Damage: 2d4 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12

ABL (8/8) conjures an eagle that hits the ghoul. His ray of death to the undead destroys the ghoul.

Mila (10/10) channeled for 2.

Two Tall (13/13) connects twice with his weapon, but only the second attack appears to do any damage

Fatham (11/11) moves into the room and his animal companion attacks.
attacks and damage: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 151d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 41d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 171d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 81d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3,missing each time.

Kastarr (7/12) Steps back, shoots, and misses.

Ffortissimo (0/10) prone. Staggered. Waits

Amina (13/13) misses

Bronze legionnaire attacks the animal companion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 for: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 damage. It's additional slam attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 misses

Skeleton Warlord (4) attacks Two Tall: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 misses and then falls to the ground in a heap of bones.

ABL (8/8)

Mila (10/10)

Two Tall (13/13)

Fatham (11/11)
Animal Companion (0/8)

Kastarr (7/12)

Ffortissimo (0/10) prone. Staggered.

Amina (13/13)

Bronze legionnaire

Everyone is up

"Excuse me, Ack," mumbles Mila as she slips past him. She moves next to the legionnaire to draw its attention away from Furtissimo (provokes) and then retreats up out of its reach. There, she channels once more. "It's time to be a team player, Desna," she whispers into her holy symbol.

Channel Positive Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 2

"Dangit! Don't you realize I'm still technically a free agent?"

Hah!

The eagle shifts its focus to the remaining undead, and again does its best to attack it.

talon, talon, bite with flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 2 = 241d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 251d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 = 14

confirmation: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 = 17

damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 61d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 31d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
crit damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Not sure how much of that gets through DR. Talons are slashing, while bite is Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing.

Ahkenethys moves to get a clear shot, and sends another beam of light at the skeleton. ranged touch into melee: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 - 4 = 10

damage if that hits: 1d6 ⇒ 5

"You are more than welcome to borrow my copy of Melodies of Inner Beauty when we get back to the lodge." Amina chimes in, flashing a lighthearted smile to the cleric. There was great beauty in the Desnan faith, even though it was a bit too nebulous for her tastes.

Turning back to the task at hand, her falchion rises and falls once more, hoping to finally connect.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Dam: 2d4 + 7 ⇒ (4, 1) + 7 = 12
Confirmation: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 2d4 + 7 ⇒ (2, 1) + 7 = 10

It's a sign! Shelyn wants you!

"Shot no good." Kastarr sees an opening on the far side of the battle. Moving behind the wounded bard and the druid's dino Kastarr slams at the bronze legionnaire.

slam: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

ABL (8/8) fires another ray at the bronze legionnaire. It hits!
His eagle's talons hits twice. Then the eagle vanishes.

Combat is over as the bronze legionnaire falls in a gory heap.

Mila (10/10) channels again for 2.

Two Tall (13/13)

Fatham (11/11)
Animal companion (2/8)

Kastarr (9/12) .

Ffortissimo (2/10)

Amina (13/13)

===== Loot =====
The war chief had a masterwork ivory greatclub.
The warlord had a masterwork alchemical silver scimitar.
The bronze legionnaire had a longsword and bronze half-plate armor.

Additionally, you notice another corpse here, that did not animate as undead. In his hands he clutches a bone-handled kukri with a jade-carved blade. It is a masterwork kukri.

Please give me knowledge history checks

Is Ffortissimo still monkeyed up?

Milarandei can hit ten on Knowledge (History) taking 10, but that's all you get untrained.

"I don't think any among us know our history but Ffortissimo," says Milarandei, "but Fur-tissimo might not."

"I can't identify the significance of this weapon, but I can offer a little guidance," she continues.

Ffortissimo's got a +1 competence bonus to his skill check if he takes it.

"And I guess I can still try something before Ack shows me up."

Milarandei casts guidance on herself, casts detect magic towards the kukri, and, if it is magic, tries to identify, taking ten on the Spellcraft Check for 17. If it is magic, and she fails to identify, she casts Guidance on Akhenethys.

Regardless of whether she detects anything, she burns her prepared Protection from Evil to cast Cure Light Wounds on Ffortissimo. "Maybe the third time will be the charm," she hopes aloud.

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Desna's a jerk. I've rolled 6 on healing versus an average of 12.5. Quick back-of-the envelop shows that as about 4th percentile for the series.

"Fair warning, all. That's the last of my healing mojo. We need to be more careful going forward. If there are more undead, I've still got the bullets. Take one if you've a decent throwing arm."

Pretty sure I'm back to normal.

Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

The singer finally gets himself off from the floor and retrieves his longspear. He looks askance at the cleric healing him. "Fur-tissimo? I assure you, my thick locks of hair are all natural." He brushes his hair back with his hand to emphasize the point. Then he sees the ranger - or rather the beast bearing some resemblance. "Wait -- what? Did that happen to me too?" He shakes his head, trying to remember what just happened. "Eh, we'd better track down the source of this magic. Don't worry about me, I can still fight from the back!"

Ffortissimo takes the offered stone from Milarandei. "What exactly does this stone do again?"

ABL doesn't have Knowledge ( history ) unfortunately.

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Kastarr scratches at his buttock, then grimaces at the dead remains. "Dead is dead."

Ffortissimo looks at the kukri and the corpse holding it, but it doesn't jar his memory at all.

Okay, folks, where to next?

Ffortissimo looks at the kukri and the corpse holding it, but it doesn't jar his memory at all.

Okay, folks, where to next?

Was the thing magical?

TechnoDM wrote:

Ffortissimo looks at the kukri and the corpse holding it, but it doesn't jar his memory at all.

Okay, folks, where to next?

Was the thing magical?

No, just masterwork. Though it feels odd in your hands.

"This room back here is a staff room, I think." Amina mentions, gesturing to the door in the far corner. Assuming we had a map.

"Maybe there will be some sign of the staff, or records about what happened here. Shall we give it a try?

The dinosaur animal companion belongs to Fatham, right?

"Perhaps the terror bird," he indicates the dinosaur with a gesture, "should precede us, if... he? She? ...is trained to discover hidden foes by scent."

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The door to the chamber was once a pane of expensive frosted glass, which now lies in broken shards on the floor within.

Several desks lie overturned, papers in disarray, and chairs smashed to kindling. A sturdy steel cabinet sits against the back wall, its doors much battered and dented.

The mist in the room rolls near the floor and ceiling, creating a strange patch of visibility stretching from knee-height to a few feet overhead.

The smoky tendrils flow up and down the walls unnaturally and savage visages swirl to life, fanged mouths agape, before dissolving into mist once more.

"Strange - it's almost as if something came in here and was trying to find something. Maybe whatever is inside that steel cabinet." Ffortissimo tries to understand what magics are causing the fog's strange behavior. Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Kastarr's face contorts as he tries to think of something smart to say. Failing at this, the ranger turns his attention to the next room, checking for threats first, then examining the floor for tracks or other sign.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Survival(track): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Milarandei responds to Ffortissimo's earlier question. "Magic stone. For about half an hour, these bullets will hit harder, fly truer, and make dead anything that should already be dead," she says.

She retrieves her javelin, stows it, draws her longsword, and walks to the door leading out the hallway. "I'm going to post a quick watch," she announces to the group. "Make sure nothing else is curious about that ruckus. Tell me when you're done."

She casts light on her sword, prods open the door, and sticks her head into the hallway just enough to scan for trouble.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Fatham, looking distant, finally nods at Akhenethys.

"Splittooth can go first and sniff out any danger," he growls.

He orders the dinosaur to advance into the room.

handle animal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"I'll take one. I can just throw it?"

Peering into the room behind the dinosaur, Amina calls out

"Hello? Is there anyone here?"

Perception: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2

Two Tall Tim will join everyone that has entered the room.

Anyone know where the GM went?

Nay...

I'm here. I'm waiting for folks to investigate the room and the knocking in the cabinet.

We've got four folk in the prior room and three bunched up at the door in the new room.

I had sent my dinosaur pet into the room first to see if it smelled anything...any findings there?

Following his animal companion into the room, Fatham looks around for anything of interest.

The druid's manners are not much different from his feral companion.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

"A-hissss!"

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Neither Fatham nor Splittooth sense anything unusual.

Ffortissimo approaches more closely to the cabinet but waits for someone less injured to open it.

Fatham growls and opens the cabinet.

Akhenethys is in there too, at the back, waiting for the others to make sure it is safe.

I know I missed on my perception check, but the track score was not completely dismal. Rolled a 19. Anyway, Kastarr's brain is out to lunch, so he if fairly clueless about any course of action.

As Fathom reaches for the cabinet doors, two animal-like humans drop from the ceiling to attack Fathom and Amina.

The blue one attacks: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Amina, and the red one attacks: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 Fathom.

Amina takes 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 damage and Fathom takes 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 damage.

ABL 20.4
Ffortissimo 20.4
Amina 20.1
Fatham 19.4
Two Tall 19.4
Milarandei 18.5
Kastarr 17.2
Red 12.6
Blue 16.6

You are all up!

Ahkenethys dashes forward and holds out a hand full of sand, the multicolored particles sending forth a coruscating cone of lambent color. Color spray, hitting the blue guy only, DC 17 Will Save.

Do they look like the artist formerly known as Furtissimo? I'm assuming they do here, though I'm happy to roll some sort of check if you prefer.

Startled by the sudden assault, Amina drops the magical rock in her hand. Gripping her falchion, she swings towards her attackers.

"These poor souls might be affected by the mist as well. Try not to hurt them any more than necessary?'

Nonlethal Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7
Confirm: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8
Attacking blue nonlethally. Amina wouldn't go after an incapacitated combatant, so if blue is obviously out of the fight, please direct this at red with any appropriate cover penalties

Milarandei double-times it back to the group. "This," she says, panting, "is what I get for trying to be cautious!"

===== Round 1 Partial =====

Adding to the commotion is screaming you can hear coming from the cabinet.

ABL casts color spray Blue will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 without effect.

Ffortissimo
Amina will hit Blue for 15 non-lethal damage
Fatham 19.4
Two Tall
Milarandei will hurry back to the group
Kastarr 17.2
Red 12.6
Blue 16.6

Fatham slices at the ambushing creature with the flat of his scimitar, hoping to put it down.

"Attack!" the druid yells at Splittooth.

Scimitar attack: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 4 = 171d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 non-lethal

handle animal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

The young dinosaur snaps and bites at the air.

bite atk: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 41d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Two Tall moves up next to the blue one and heeding the advice of his allies, attempts to strike it with the flat of his axe.
Attack (non-lethal): 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 4 = 11
Damage (non-lethal): 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

===== Round 1 Complete =====

Adding to the commotion is screaming you can hear coming from the cabinet.

ABL casts color spray Blue Will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 without effect.

Ffortissimo GMBOT will sing, increasing everybodys to hit and damage by +1

Amina will hit Blue for 15+1 non-lethal damage. Blue falls

Fatham will solidly hit Red with the flat of his scimitar for 7+1 non-lethal damage, while Splittooth will snap at the man's heels.

Two Tall is lacking an opponent, and continues to move in.

Milarandei will hurry back to the group

Kastarr GMBOT will hang back.

Red (8), maddened by the damage he has taken, attacks Fathom: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 41d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

===== Round 2 begins =====

ABL
Ffortissimo
Amina
Fatham & Splittooth
Two Tall
Milarandei
Kastarr

I think the forums ate my first post. Bard song will be included in the rolls, but not any cover from the corner.

Spinning around to the other man, Amina brings her falchion down, trying to avoid the man's head, neck, and other vital areas. Unfortunately, doing so means she slices the air harmlessly.

Nonlethal Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 5 - 4 = 6
Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 4) + 5 = 11

"Good news, everyone!" huffs Milarandei as she finally rejoins the group. "I didn't see anything advancing on us from behind!"

Ahkenethys, unable to reach the remaining foe, starts looking through the papers and desks on the floor. Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Fatham continues his non-lethal attack on the creature, using the flat of his blade to pound it up-side the head.

scimitar atk: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 201d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8

Readied action. If either Amina or Fatham go down, I will come out of delay, step into their square and full attack for lethal damage. If he goes down after the first attack, Two Tall will stop the second attack.
Attack 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Damage 1: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Attack 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Damage 1: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Stepping over the unconscious animal creature, Ffortissimo makes a challenging attack through the crowd with the blunt end of his longspear!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 = 5

"Victory is assured!" sings the bard, urging the party onward.

Kastarr bobs and weaves, looking for a clear shot, but there is none. He dimly comprehends that his fellow Pathfinders are trying to incapacitate the bestial humans. A bow is no good for that... Kastarr slings his bow and draws his club.